Improvement in oat-cleaners



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lSIMON DICKENS, Jn., or MILWAUKEE,WISCONSIN.

Letters Patent No. 110,122, dated December 13, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN OAT-CLEANERS. v

The Schedule referred to in'these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, SIMON DICKENS, J r., of Milwaukee, iu the count-y of Milwaukee,in the State of Wisonsin, have invented certain Improvements in Oat-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

Nature and Object of the Invention.

My invention is a, double sieve, on one face course and on the other fine, so that the -dirt muy he sfted through andlezwe the oat-s or other 'gx-itin, and then turn over, aud the oats or grain will full through and leave the f chaff in the sieve, when the sieve can be opened and the straw or oha' be taken out.

g Dscription of the Drawing forming part o f this Spec"- ifcation. Figure 1 is a perspective view of the sieves or oatclezmer open, and

Figure 2 asect-ional View of the oat-cleaner closed.

General Description.

A,'tl1elowe1' half of the oat-cleaner, B, the upper half'. C, the lower or nest sieve D, the upper or coorser sieve.

E, the hinges which hold the two sieves together.

F, fastener, with which the two sieves are held together.

G, the handles.

rlhe operation of this ont-cleaner is, that'the two sieves are opened und :t quantity of oats or other grain is put in, and the grain is sifted on the lower' or liner sieve :it the bottom, through which the small dirt will pass; their turn the sieve over,:md thegrz/tin will full through the meshes of the coarser sieve,the large dirt and stl-:tw remaining in the sieve, when the sieve con be opened :tud the dirt and straw taken o\\t.`

Claim'.

I claim as my invention- An oat-cleaner, constructed with the upper :md lower sieves A and B connected together, substantiztlly :is described.

SIMON DIGKENS, JR.

Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, W. M. Hormon. 

